how Borges thinks it's ok to keep running that GODDAMN STRETCH RUN when it gets them - at best - no gain EVERY SINGLE TIME. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results, and it's also what Borges is driving me towards. I have never been so embarassed and infuriated by a football game in my life.

how this team has imploded in two weeks. This is horrible to put 59 points on CMU, 41 points on ND and then fall completely apart against teams that are so bad. This goes all the way to the top, right thru this coaching staff and the players. Brandon, Hoke, Mattison and Borges need to wake up. This is pitiful.

Best thing about that run... it's been there all night, and Fitz keeps cutting back when he's got a hole outside... that time he just ran to daylight. Can't dance every time, sometimes you just gotta go.

We're gonna survive.... and then over the bye week we are gonna practice so hard you guys... and get so so so much better... like way better than tonight.... like good enough to maybe even beat Minnesota maybe

It sounds like you are saying that we get absolutely no better as a team the rest of the season? A little pessimistic perhaps? Of course, it seems like a majority of the posts on this board follow that trend.

Whelp. We are not good. Thankfully we can finally put to bed the BS "they just weren't mentally prepared" meme that reared it's ugly head after the Akron game. Without significant O-Line improvement, I just can't see how we win more than 2 or three games against the B1G.

Yeah, there were a lot of rationalizations floating around last week, and I guess that's preferable to some of the stuff I've read. But clearly Akron wasn't a fluke. It was indicative of wider problems. We have to get better, plain and simple. The good news is that great QB play can still overcome a lot of other issues, so IF Devin gets back into his zone, there are a lot of crappy conference teams waiting around to lose to us in spite of the past two games.

Devin Gardner is not an intelligent individual. The sheer number of times he could have thrown the ball away but elected to get sacked for -craploadofyards is becoming absurd. Sadly, our starting QB is a great athlete, but a dumb person.

Devin Gardner is not an intelligent individual. The sheer number of times he could have thrown the ball away but elected to get sacked for -craploadofyards is becoming absurd. Sadly, our starting QB is a great athlete, but a dumb person.

It's a lot like recruit rankings, sure there are 2-stars that make it to the pros, and 5-stars that flame out... but statistically, 5-stars are more likely to be college/pro studs.

So moving away from college degrees, how many chemical equations have you balanced in under 5 seconds while four 6'4", 280+ lbs chemists were physically chasing you? Surely you've tried if you feel split second decision making while under extreme, physical pressure is the true measure of a person's intelligence.

How many throw away opportunitites has Devin had in the last two games that were not last second situations? It is much easier to chuck a ball out of bounds than to balance an equation?. ...Seriously, there have been a rather large number of 'throw the ball into the stands' opportunities that were easily ignored. I get that you are pisssed at me for raising the question, but Devin's lack of situational awareness is ridiculous.

Lack of situational awareness during a high level sporting event is not enough to determine that someone is "a dumb person" or "not an intelligent individual." I'm sure there are plenty of nobel laureates who would make bad decisions with a football when being chased by college D-lineman.

Your lack of awareness that Devin might be an incredibly intelligent person despite making a few bad decisions on the football field does not make you a "dumb person"... it just makes you a socially awkward douchebag who may or may not be intelligent.

1) This argument is dumb. 2) I paid my own way through Michigan with zero help... so your argument is dumb 3) Devin Gardner is a fresh QB. People forget this all the time. He has less than a full year of games under his belt as starter. We expected him to come out like someone who has started for 3 years... that is just not going to happen.

Its good we won but that hurt let's be honest. I have drunk a bottle of pinot grigio to myself and a little bit of the hubby's pinot noir. This was way to close for freaking people with huskies on their helmats! Omg

Let's be honest, Michigan looked like the Lions tonight. The sheer amount of seemingly stupid mistakes that the team committed made it seem like they were trying to hand the game away. But I still believe that it's not all doom and gloom. Michigan still won a game despite turning over the ball four times. Yea turnovers are bad, but almost all of them were the self mistake variety, which means its correctable. This was also the first road game for a young team with a lot of new contributors. Even though it was UConn, it was a UConn team that basically centered its season around this game, aka the Michigan State effect. The offensive line needs improvement, however we have a a bye to straighten things out and make adjustments personnel wise. I don't think they are as bad as last year. And above all else, Nebraska has looked just as vulnerable as ever, Northwestern has looked shaky these past two weeks, Michigan State is still playing around with their QBs (Maxwell lol), and although Ohio looks good, they've played weak opponents and anything can happen over the course of the season (Remember, they did play them pretty good last year in the shoe before Borges took over). I'm concerned, but not panicking about this team just yet.

If we looked like the Lions we would have lost on the last play of the game. It would have been a career long field goal, a kickoff return for touch down, a hail mary or some other kind of one in a million play.

It was an ugly win but it was also win 907. Looking forward to the bye week and then homecoming.

In years past there were many teams that centered their year around this game and still got stomped into the curb. Thank goodness for the Rodriguez years or I would have lost my mind this game. The years of futility have allowed me to place UM football in perspective in regards to actual life. I was able to enjoy this game (for the most part) without cussing up a storm at my TV. ... Does anyone else appreciate Mfootball more now than before Richrod or am I alone?